In the ASC world, how old was Sirius when he got his first tattoo and what was it?
Hi Anon,
Sirius’ first tattoo he was sixteen, summer before his 6th year. He got the moon chart just above his heart that was charmed to change daily so that he would always know the stages of the moon. He did it partially for himself but mostly as an apology to Remus after what he did with Snape at the end of fifth year.
"It's part of my apology, Rem. I never meant to hurt you or to make you think that you can't trust me," Sirius insisted. "You are my brother. One of my best mates and I will always be there for you when you need me. No matter what."
Remus hugged him tightly, tears in his eyes at the gesture of solidarity. "Sirius, I appreciate the gesture but… you know that you will have a moon chart tattooed on you forever, right?"
He grinned. "I'll never not know what day it is again. Besides, it's only my first tattoo. It's bloody cool and I definitely want to get another one! Can you imagine what my mum will say when she finds out that the first thing I did after she kicked me out was get a tattoo? It will be brilliant!"
Remus smiled and told his father he was going out. The three of them met up with James at Clevedon Court and Sirius showed off his tattoo.
"What do you think, Fee?"
Euphemia kissed Sirius on the cheek. "I think that I like seeing you smile. Now come along, boys. I have some lunch in the kitchen for you."
Two weeks later, Sirius went back and got the Gryffindor crest inked on his back over his right shoulder blade. Over Christmas of sixth year, he'd gotten another one in the inside of his left forearm. The runic symbols for the three words: Family, Friendship, and Marauder. He'd surrounded them with footprints as a tribute to the map they'd completed. Then before returning to school, he'd gone back to ink the star charts of Sirius and Orion over the top of his right shoulder.
News had reached Walburga by then and needless to say, she was not impressed with her son's new hobby.
It was in sixth year that they'd been discussing getting a group tattoo and when they completed the map, Remus started to sketch some ideas based on the Hogwarts crest. Each of the four sections had their four animals represented. Sirius had immediately fallen in love with it and demanded that they all get that tattoo the summer before seventh year.
